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Clean water funding map would get redrawn under Senate bill

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A bipartisan Senate bill proposes the first update to EPA clean water funding distributions since 1987. The overhaul will reallocate resources toward fast-growing states while reducing federal financial support for others.

  • 01Updates the Environmental Protection Agency revolving fund distribution formula for the first time in decades
  • 02Increases clean water infrastructure allocations specifically for states experiencing rapid population growth
  • 03Reduces federal funding levels for certain states to balance the new bipartisan map
  • 04Signals significant shifts in national water infrastructure investment priorities for state governments

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The bipartisan overhaul would increase allocations for fast-growing states and reduce funds for others, the first change since 1987 to the EPA revolving fund distribution.